The 2015 General Election Drinking Game

This drinking game is intended to keep one of the most important days of this decade for Britain interesting. The rules are extremely simple, I've even highlighted the key things to listen out for in red! 

The 'pre-results' rules aim to keep it entertaining before the results start coming in, which can be quite late! However they're appropriate to be carried on into the early hours too.

Good luck to all involved. And remember: all glory to David Dimbleby on his final election!

The set-up

1. Get one glass to use as the dirty pint for the evening.
2. Ensure you have plenty of booze you'll be happy supping (straight vodka not recommended)
3. Ensure all seating, lighting and snacks are prepared for a very long night.
4. Everyone in the room must get into teams depending on which party they're rooting for - no coalitions allowed! Party colours, rosettes, banners, hats and marching bands are all encouraged.

The rules - pre-results

• Drink when you hear the words/phrases:
• Long-term economic plan
• Defected
• David Milliband
• Frontline
• Caroline Lucas
• Majority government
• George Galloway
• TV debates
• Privatisation of the NHS
• Every time...:
• ... the BNP are mentioned, everyone must name a friend/ famous person who belongs to an ethnic minority. Last person to do so drinks.
• ... Boris Johnson gets a mention, propose a new place to put an airport by putting the word 'Boris' in front of it. Vote on the best/ most amusing idea.
• ... a fancy graphic is used in the studio take a drink
• ... an opinion poll is mentioned:
•  Everyone secretly chooses a number between 1 and the number of people in the room (for example, 5 if there are five of you. It's not hard).
• All simultaneously reveal on your fingers what number you chose 
• Those in the majority all take a drink (eg. if 2 of you chose the number 5, and everyone else chose different numbers, then those 2 drink). If everyone is the same, everyone drinks.

The rules - as the results start rolling in

• If your party wins a seat from a rival in the room you can designate them, and only them, two drinks instead of one - you also have the right to steal their chair/ seat if you so please.
• Every time the SNP win a seat the whole room must stand up and shout "THEY'LL NEVER TAKE... OUR FREEDOM!" - the last person to do so drinks.
• If UKIP win a seat hit the nearest person round the back of the head with an imaginary pamphlet - last person to do so drinks.
• If Plaid Cyrmu win a seat sing the first line of the welsh national anthem. If you don't know it, learn it.
• Keep the dirty pint glass half full, everyone has to contribute. When it skips to live TV coverage of a result announcement this must be drank by a person of the winning party's choosing.

Everyone downs their drink:

• "I agree with Nick"
• The Greens win any seat outside of Sussex
• The 'Standing At The back Dressed Stupidly and Looking Stupid' Party win a seat
• David Dimbleby collapses from exhaustion